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{{Infobox album | name = Two Against Nature | type = studio | artist = [[Steely Dan]] | cover = Steelydan-twoagainstnature.jpg | alt = A photo of two men's shadows cast onto concrete near grass | released = {{start date|2000|02|29}} | recorded = 1997β1999 | venue = | studio = River Sound (New York City) <br> Clinton Sound (New York City) <br> Hyperbolic Sound (Maui) <br> [[Electric Lady Studios]] (New York City) | genre = * [[Rock music|Rock]] * [[jazz pop]] * [[funk|post-funk]] | length = 51:25 | label = [[Giant Records (Warner)|Giant]] | producer = * [[Walter Becker]] * [[Donald Fagen]] | prev_title = [[Alive in America]] | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = [[Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party]] | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{Singles | name = Two Against Nature | type = studio | single1 = [[Cousin Dupree]] (promo) | single1date = 2000 }} }} '''''Two Against Nature''''' is the eighth [[studio album]] by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Steely Dan]]. Their first studio album in 20 years, it was recorded from 1997 to 1999<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tingen|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Tingen|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/steely-dan|title=Steely Dan: Recording Everything Must Go|magazine=[[Sound on Sound]]|location=Cambridge|date=August 2003|access-date=June 7, 2020}}</ref> and released on February 29, 2000, by [[Giant Records (Warner)|Giant Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=[ARCHIVE] Steely Dan {{!}} Official News|url=https://sdarchive.com/newspage.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=sdarchive.com}}</ref> A critical success, ''Two Against Nature'' won the group four [[Grammy Award]]s: [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album]], [[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Best Engineered Album β Non-Classical]], and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] (for the single "[[Cousin Dupree]]"). Commercially, it peaked at number six on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart and sold more than one million copies,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stltoday.com/two-against-nature-steely-dan/article_cced7c6d-84a6-5677-84ff-a2d26bf9888d.html|title='Two Against Nature,' Steely Dan|newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|date=January 15, 2020|access-date=June 7, 2020}}</ref> earning a [[RIAA certification|Platinum]] certification from the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref name="RIAA"/>
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